Sourcing a Tudor bezel

[notenoughwrists]

Hi all - I have a thread on this in Watch Talk, but there might be a few more learned folks in here.
I want to get hold of a Tudor Black Bay Black bezel insert but short of buying a Black Bay and removing the bezel insert (then sending it to Tudor for a replacement, then resell the watch!!!), I can’t really come up with a better way.

I tried Goldsmiths just for a straight sale, but did not fly. Not sure if any old indie can get Tudor kit but am guessing it follows the Rolex model, so that will be a no.

Now, what if I could evidence a name of a buyer, plus the watch serial - could an independent service centre (probably need to be Tudor accredited??) then source one for me without actually being presented the watch?

Any ideas welcome.

Why am doing this? I have a black Bay steel, was waiting for release of a BB58 with date at Basel this year.... or a BB date with colour bezel, but alas no.
So now I want to make what they should have - BB, date, black bezel insert (and will end up with nice little Red accents both on the insert 12 triangle, and the writing on the face of the BB Steel!)


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[oldoakknives]

I think you will have to go to an AD if you want a genuine bezel/insert.

[Mark020]

Remove the current one, go to AD, tell them you lost it, pay GBP 300 (or something like that), get a new one. Only way to do it.

[notenoughwrists]

Remove the current one, go to AD, tell them you lost it, pay GBP 300 (or something like that), get a new one. Only way to do it.

Yeh. Good plan, already thought through - and it’s a lot less than £300 - but one flaw.... I do not own the watch that I want the bezel insert from....
I have the BB steel and want a BB Black bezel insert.

So what I need is a friend who owns a BB Black to do as you mentioned, and pass their original bezel insert on to me.

Any friends out there? ;)


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